Electric powered Light-weight Orchestra keyboardist Richard Tandy has died at the age of 76.

Bandleader Jeff Lynne verified the details in a speedy assertion spending tribute to his musical companion. “It is with fantastic unhappiness that I share the news of the passing of my longtime collaborator and pricey superior buddy Richard Tandy,” he wrote. “He was a outstanding musician and buddy and I’ll cherish the life span of memories we knowledgeable with each and every other. Sending all my appreciate to Sheila and the Tandy relatives.”

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Richard Tandy’s Everyday life and Vocation

Born in 1948 in Birmingham, England, Tandy happy extended run ELO drummer Bev Bevan even though attending Moseley College. The two initially labored alongside a single a further in the Move — which bundled extended run ELO customers Lynne and Roy Wooden — when Tandy contributed keyboards to the band’s chart-topping 1968 strike “Blackberry Way.” Tandy also served as the Move’s touring keyboardist and, later on, touring bassist as Trevor Burton recovered from a shoulder injury.

In 1970, Wooden, Lynne and Bevan formed ELO, with Tandy quickly signing up for on bass. When Lynne grew to turn into the group’s chief following Wood’s departure, Tandy switched to keyboards, a placement he would preserve for the rest of his time with the band. His broad arsenal of devices offered the piano, Minimoog, Clavinet, Wurlitzer electric piano and Mellotron, amid some other folks. Tandy performed on each and every ELO album from 1973’s ELO two by way of 1986’s Stability of Energy, right after which the group disbanded. He also manufactured visitor contributions on 2001’s Zoom and 2019’s From Out of Nowhere, which have been in essence Lynne solo ventures.

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“At the start out off, I just about undoubtedly did most of the keyboards, but as recording procedures adjusted and synthesizers and electronics arrived into the photo, Jeff did added and added,” Tandy instructed the ELO fanzine Mild! “By the time we acquired to Equilibrium of Electrical energy, the usual way was to have a stack of keyboards in the command space, and me and Jeff playing with each other to a drum retain track of, and Bev introducing his products later.”

Exterior of ELO, Tandy also fashioned the Tandy Morgan Band with ELO touring members Dave Morgan and Martin Smith, releasing the idea album Earthrise in 1985.